Vyacheslav Yashchenko

Affiliated media: Caucasian Knot, Correspondent

Incident date: January 25, 2024

Attack type:

Damage to / seizure of residence / work premises

Who attacked: Unknown sources

Location: Russia, Volgograd Oblast, Volgograd

Additional information:

Unknown masked men tried to break down the door to the flat of the correspondent of Caucasian Knot Vyacheslav Yashchenko, after which the electricity was cut off on the floor of the building. According to Yashchenko’s wife, the masked men followed her into the entranceway, and when she entered the flat, they started ringing the doorbell, closing the peephole and loudly demanding that the journalist come out to them. The unknown persons kicked the door several times and then the electricity was cut off on the floor.